protein fragments

collocation in English

meaningsofproteinandfragment

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protein
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.tiːn/us
/ˈproʊ.tiːn/
one of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish, or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and ...
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fragment
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfræɡ.mənt/us
/ˈfræɡ.mənt/
a small piece or a part, especially when broken from ...
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(Definition ofproteinandfragmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Neurotoxicity of a prionproteinfragment.
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Another control is created by linking the fluorescentproteinfragmentto proteins with mutated interaction faces.
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They are, however, largely unstructured when examined as protein fragments in aqueous solution.
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In addition, the expected protein complex must be able to accept stabilisation of the fluorescentproteinfragmentinteraction without affecting the protein complex function or the cell being studied.
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Foldons sometimes roughly coincide with protein fragments corresponding to exons in eukaryotic genes.
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Reconstitution of an active lactose carrier in vivo by simultaneous synthesis of two complementary protein fragments.
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Conformational studies of protein fragments.
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But such a protein can sometimes fall apart into the original protein fragments.
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On the cell surface, these proteins are bound to protein fragments (peptides) that have been exported from within the cell.
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Over 30 proteins and protein fragments make up the complement system, including serum proteins, serosal proteins, and cell membrane receptors.
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However, high levels of oxidative damage increases the degree of cross-linking between protein fragments, rendering the aggregates resistant to proteolysis.
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Some proteins cells make in one piece; others, cells make only protein fragments, and the fragments come and join together to form the whole protein.
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The development of a kit including a molecular-weight size marker based on protein fragments began in 1993.
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Inteins are internal protein fragments produced from protein splicing and usually contain endonuclease and splicing activities.
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A pilot study employing an affinity proteomics strategy using affinity-purified antibodies raised against recombinant human protein fragments was carried out for a chromosome-wide protein profiling of chromosome 21.
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It is based on the association of fluorescent protein fragments that are attached to components of the same macromolecular complex.
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His team inserted genes into viruses to make protein fragments of myelin (the sheathing around nerves).
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In a healthy brain, these protein fragments are broken down and eliminated.
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First, the fluorescent protein fragments must be able to associate with one another when their tethered proteins interact.
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A number of intra- or extracellular proteases release protein fragments endowed with essential biological activities.
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